Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits 1 on Hugging Face Draws 244K Downloads

A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platforms trending list by impersonating OpenAIs Privacy Filter openweight model to deliver a Rustbased information stealer to Windows users The project named OpenOSSprivacyfilter masqueraded as its legitimate counterpart released by OpenAI late last month openaiprivacyfilter including copying the entire description